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Lys shook her head in disbelief. "That doesn't even make any sense, she said. He synthesized something else until he found the real venom?"

Silan paused, frustrated but seeing the point. "Look Lys, I know you hate him," Silan said. "And I'll grant you that he didn't present his best side to us. But year seven in Potions is poisons and antidotes; don't you think it's the least bit plausible that Snape had cause to use Nagini's venom for a poison? Or for experimentation? You can't deny that he was highly regarded by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named; if asked the right time and the right way, he may have easily been able to get the snake's venom."

Let's get this moving along again. I apologize if there is a problem with the language- I can change it if necessary. I just couldn't come up with a better way of experessing what I wanted.

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Lys shook her head again as if to clear it. “Stop being reasonable!” She demanded. “It’s easier to argue with you when you aren’t being reasonable.”

Silan paused, the smiled slightly. “If I’m being reasonable that must mean I’m right. Or at least that I’m on to something.” Her smile faltered as she looked around the mostly empty room. “I only wish I had proof.”

Frustration seemed to swell within her, and in a final, childish moment she yielded. “Damn it, Severus,” she yelled, stomping her foot down hard on the middle of the floor. Whatever else she meant to say was lost as a floorboard snicked open under her foot. Wide-eyed and gaping, both girls stared down at the sudden dark cavity that was revealed.

Tension builds as they look hard for clues. Tell me if I should butt-out.
(Sorry, the post above slipped in before this was submited)word count: 126

“I bet there is a book on all these shelves that will tell us how to find out what this is,” Slian said, more to herself than her friend.

The pair browsed nearly two hours through several score of the dusty tomes before Lys let out a cry. “Here, this spell should tell us what it is!”

Running over Slian nearly dropped the vile in her haste. Quickly scanning the complicated spell they searched for the proper items to perform the enchantment. They watched as the liquid evaporated one component at a time, each emitting a particular colour of smoke . They jotted them down and crosschecked them against the list of known potions. Slian’s shoulders slumped in despair. It was not anti-venom, but an anti-perspiring potion.

mrsmcclnt, it is not so much that I oppose it...just thought it was funnier...sry...can't have it too easy/convenient can you? Here, maybe this will give you something, or maybe not. :=)

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The two girls retired to their dorm and were soon fast asleep. Slian was startled by the appearance of Severus Snape himself. He stood before her with a dour look upon his face, studying her intensely. She noticed she was in his office, the walls lined with countless glass jars full of all manner of curious objects. She straightened her cloak and tried to speak. Professor Snape’s severe eyes bore into her and she forgot what she was about to say.

The healer looked to her patient, “He’s not conscience. Did you find the potion?”

“I found some antiperspirant, but no. The house had some loose boards. I’m sure I could have found it there…if I had my eye.” He hobbled to a chair to sit. The healer could see his frustration.

“You need to rest, Mad Eye. You haven’t fully recovered. Under the circumstances, I should bind you in bed.”

“Under the circumstances I cannot afford to sit back and wait for those Death Eaters to pay for what they’ve done. Snape’s testimony is crucial. If he doesn’t wake soon, the whole lot of them could walk.”

The healer poured Mad Eye’s medicine, “Even without Snape’s testimony, surly they would be thrown into Azkaban. ”

“There are Ministry officials involved. They’re not going to go away that easily. Without Snape, the Prosecution’s case could crumble.”

"I know that Lily, as if it wasn't painfully apparent. What I meant was what was he spewing out." Replied Snape, angrier then he'd been even with the accursed mime.

"I think its a message." Said Lily flatly.

"What kind of a message can be in a children's fairytale?"Spat Snape.

Well, lets see. In the movie, the evil witch was mad at not beeing invited to the palace so she put a curse on the baby so it would die. But thanks to one of the kindly fairies, the curse was lightened so the princess would not die but only fall asleep. Maybe that means..."

“There hasn’t been anyone in my life since you, Lily,” he replied, slightly agitated.

“Do you mean you went through your life only loving me?”

Snape grabbed her hands, “Loving you was enough.”

“It shouldn’t have been. Despite my marriage to James, I still wanted you to be happy, to have a love of your own, and a family. It seems a shame that you didn’t move on. And yet you seem so ready to leave this life.”